Act Number: 38

Act Name: The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016.

Year: 2016

Enactment Date: 2016-08-03

Long Title: An Act to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of India and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from such agencies under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, constitution of an authority at national level and at each of the State and Union territory Administration for administration of the funds and to utilise the monies so collected for undertaking artificial regeneration (plantations), assisted natural regeneration, protection of forests, forest related infrastructure development, Green India Programme, wildlife protection and other related activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Department:

Section 19: Functions and powers of executive committee of State Authority.
    (1) The executive committee of a State Authority shall—
         (i) formulate and submit annual plan of operations to the steering committee of the State Authority for its concurrence;
         (ii) undertake qualitative and quantitative supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the works being implemented from amounts available in the State Fund;
         (iii) invest surplus amounts available in the State Fund of such State;
         (iv) maintain books of account and other records;
         (v) submit reports to the steering committee of the State Authority;
         (vi) prepare annual report of the State Authority;
         (vii) deploy staff on contractual basis or on deputation to the posts in the State Authority;
         (viii) formulate proposals for creation of posts in the State Authority;
         (ix) be responsible for delegation of financial or administrative powers;
         (x) be responsible for other day-to-day working in respect of the State Authority;
         (xi) maintain and update public information system on the State Authority and present all information on its transaction in the public domain;
         (xii) undertake any other work as may be assigned by the governing body or steering committee of the State Authority or the State Government, from time to time.
     (2) The executive committee of a State Authority shall meet at least once in every three months.
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